Dáithí Ó Sé

Fatherhood a defining moment for Ó Sé, who spends as much time as he can with his son

27-year-old junior doctor succeeds Waterford Rose Kirsten Mate Maher

TV review: On day two of the festival the host seemed to be closest to wilting. That was before he got his kinky boots on

TV review: It’s the 60th anniversary of the pageant, but it seems older, eternal even. At least watching the first show felt that way

Festival’s 60th edition competes with All-Ireland build-up for Kerry’s attention

What Roses will least likely say, and everything else you need to know about the festival

Student and part-time model Kirsten Mate Maher (21) wins the competition

TV Review: The one radical moment in Monday night’s broadcast turns out to be a glitch

Alison Spittle’s new show; David Simon in NYC; and a doc on the most famous Irish person ever: Shergar

Jennifer Byrne defends competition saying fellow Roses are very modern women

Junior doctor expresses the hope that she will do the participants all proud

Dáithí Ó Sé to host his eighth contest, but 65 hopefuls will be cut to 32 before TV coverage

Never mind Beckett or Joyce or Sinéad O’Connor or Love/Hate, these are the things that truly make us Irish

It might be trendy to join the condemnation but the sensible approach is to wait and see

‘Should I have kept my mouth shut? Honestly, I would have made a crap Rose of Tralee’

Meat pie sees off challenge from banana bread and earns its creator €100,000

The public sector, left wing, emigrants, farmers and elite all play their parts

After my TV interview with Dáithí Ó Sé the media manager tells me I’ve let him down. I tell him I feel the same way

Winner says she wants to change public perception that festival is a beauty pageant

Hilary Fannin: ‘A sense of how moving it might be for emigré families to see young women breathe new life into their ancestry’